Chapter
Thirteen
Financial
Statement
Analysis
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Factors in Communicating
Useful Information
The primary objective of accounting is to provide
information useful for decision making. To provide
information that supports this objective, accountants
must consider the following:
Users
Types of
Decisions
Information
Analysis
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Methods of Analysis
Horizontal
Analysis
Vertical
Analysis
Ratio
Analysis
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Horizontal Analysis
Horizontal analysis (or trend analysis) refers
to studying the behavior of individual
financial statement items over several
accounting periods.
Absolute
Amounts
Percentage
Analysis
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Milavec Company Horizontal
Analysis
2012
2011
13-4
Vertical Analysis
Vertical analysis uses
percentages to compare
individual components of
financial statements to a key
statement figure. A commonsize financial statement is a
vertical analysis in which each
financial statement item is
expressed as a percentage.
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Vertical Analysis of Income
Statement
In income
statements, all
items are
usually
expressed as a
percentage of
sales.
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Milavec Company Vertical
Analysis
2012
2011
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Vertical Analysis of Balance
Sheet
In balance
sheets, all items
are usually
expressed as a
percentage of
total assets.
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Ratio Analysis
Ratio analysis
involves studying
various
relationships
between different
items reported in a
set of financial
statements.
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Liquidity Ratios
Liquidity ratios indicate a company’s
ability to pay short-term debts. They
focus on current assets and current
liabilities.
1. Working capital
2. Current ratio
3. Quick ratio
4. Accounts receivable ratios
5. Inventory ratios
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Solvency Ratios
Solvency ratios are used to analyze
a company’s long-term debtpaying ability and its financing
structure.
1. Debt to assets ratio
2. Debt to equity ratio
3. Number of times interest earned
4. Plant assets to long-term liabilities
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Profitability Ratios
Profitability ratios measure a
company’s ability to generate
earnings.
1. Net margin (or return on sales)
2. Asset turnover ratio
3. Return on investment
4. Return on equity
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Stock Market Ratios
Stock market ratios analyze the
earnings and dividends of a
company.
1. Earnings per share
2. Book value per share
3. Price-earnings (P E) ratio
4. Dividend yield
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Limitations of Financial Statement
Analysis
Different
Industries
Changing
Economic
Environment
Accounting
Principles
13-14
End of Chapter Thirteen
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